Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-22
NOMAN,S DEPARTMENT.
THEM VOTE


As-~ssas Article on wom.n's Worth
Her Work and Abilities.
Women ought to accomplish tn
<z1fy of voting.
Il Is an easy thing to teach. an easJ
Giiss to learn scl6shness. and call il
xssssaaanliness.
There are plenty to say or to heal
ffxesaying. 1.-The world is Gods, moi
thine; let Him work out change, il
change must be-" Take thine ease
ss,,ier thine own vine and fig-tree.
let the world rush on its way to sor-
sow. to sin. to shame. What should
such a fragile form as thine do to stop
OF stay it!
Let gilded hclls be opened on all
sides to lure thy sons and thy neigh
asrs' sons to gamble away their earn
wgs, the support of home; to draw
fArm to arms that will embrace only to
poison. sending them back to innocent
and unconscious arms that will be
poisoned in turn; to put to the mouths
nj the weak i'm will, the strong in APP
y,efitc. that which will destroy body
and BRAIN reason and conscience,
home and happiness. heart and soul
together. What shouldst thou know
Of such matters? To know is to be
contaminated; keep thy ignorance. or
fhy ostensible ignorance, and thy
ssomanly charm together.
Let government go to wrack, let
ca int %
accomplish evil. let lives he blasted
and hearts be broken and souls be
damned. What are these to thee? Thy
ss,lc duty is as violet, to smell sweet;
IS a flute. to sound fine harmonics
Aad yet. sir. and yet, madam. God
GRATED this woman, not Il flower, not
q flute. but living soul; as such to re-
sssive help and to yield help to all other
living souls; to it in:rusted seed to sow,
Natents to multiply, work to be done.
-fh-aNd-by the Lord of the harvest will
say 80 it:
-Ieare thee OF my Sd IA to SOW:
Bringest thou me an hundred-fod!
IAN Snc look up with face aglOw,
Aga answer: Father, here is gold""
Nay! Rather, she will respond:
.&fhis talent l multiplied not. 1 was
nhaid = afraid that multiplication
rsUHld bring weights to be carried,
z,nd provoke envies and jealousies,
fears within and cares without. This
garden and this field l pl0wed and
planted and wecded not The way
Was rough and hurt my feet; tho sun
Was hot and spoiled my beauty. To
he pleasing in mems eyes. to mems
sIs'sfes Or mems prcjudices. to take my
.case, WAS more to me than to do the
Nvot& of God"
O'nny s1sters the word is groaning
aud t-s,"ailiaS in pain until this day.
crying 'CUt of the darkness wherein it
srTes, out Of the anguish in which it
~ritees. for your hands and help and
card Where. then. are your woman's
hearts and your woman's conscicnces,
chat you arc silent and still?
do to the asylums and hospitals, and
make OF them homes. Go to the jails,
she prisons. the pcnitentiaries, and
ss1sc Of them rcformatories and re-
generators. Go to the ignorant, the
= 1fllc. the stupid. and sec that the light
ofisfrliigencc is let into their night of |
: nsastsil bondage.
do Tic the doors through which |
ncn 90 in men. aud come out wild |
tssasts: i:he doors that return. for the |
sa".ey 'ssscre left poverty, fightings,
d;snmh1led aaomes, brawls, murders:
S'HaI: absorb men and money, and in \
exchange crovd alms-houses and iails,
Aa1 ripcnfruGt for that CHASTITY tree of |
1civilEaaao,l the gallOws. Standing
EssTo sie behalf of men. of women. Of |
Sais.csva. of society. alike outraged,
sklied. dishonorcd. destroyed. saw: I'm |
The name Of the law. and with the |
power of tho law. stop this wholesale |
! snisop sand butcheIy." i
NNmcn. my brothers. of what are you |
afraid? In just such measure as man
d~ex his duty to the world does he
srow in real manliness. In Just such
measure rs woman does her duty to
the world does she grow in real